Indian Head
Indian Head rises to 813 m in New York. Mount Marcy stands 1,629 m to the west, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Hawk Cliffs, a cliff 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34824795, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 813 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 16.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 18.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 4 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 4 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 4 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawteeth-Southeast Peak: 1.3 mi
- Dial Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Sawteeth: 1.5 mi
- Bear Den Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Colvin: 1.5 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 0.3 mi
- Lost Lookout: 1.0 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 3.7 mi
- Case Wall: 3.7 mi
- Lower Beer Wall: 3.8 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 12.7 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 13.4 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 14.2 mi
- Mid's Park: 14.7 mi
- Brewster Park: 14.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.6 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 0.9 mi
- Artists Falls: 1.1 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 1.2 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 1.7 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 0.4 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 5.1 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 8.3 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.3 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 7.8 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 11.9 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 12.5 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 12.5 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 8.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 8.9 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 8.9 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 9.0 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 12.1 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.4 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.3 mi
- The Iron Center: 18.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 18.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 18.9 mi
- Park beach: 19.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 19.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 18.6 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 18.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 18.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 22.5 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 8.9 mi
- Tahawus: 12.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Indian Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Marcy | W 270° | 1,629 m | 5.1 mi |
| Schofield Cobble | W 268° | 1,515 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Haystack | W 263° | 1,498 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Skylight | W 260° | 1,495 m | 5.5 mi |
| Dix Mountain | SE 141° | 1,473 m | 2.7 mi |
| Basin Mountain | W 280° | 1,468 m | 3.3 mi |
| Gray Peak | W 269° | 1,463 m | 5.7 mi |
| Beck-horn | SE 142° | 1,455 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357566117
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 12 mi
- Westport · 20 mi
- Crown Point · 22 mi
- Essex · 27 mi
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